Law of Evidence Questions and Answers Part-7

1. Which of the following is not given by section 25 of Evidence Act
a) confessions made to custom officers
b) confession made to a member of Railway Protection Force
c) confession made to an officer under FERA
d) all the above

Answer: d

2. A retracted confession
a) can be made solely the basis of conviction
b) cannot be made solely the basis of conviction under any circumstances
c) can not be made solely the basis of conviction unless the same is corroborated
d) both (a) & (c) are incorrect

Answer: c

3. A confession made by a person while in police custody is inadmissible as per
a) section 25 of Evidence Act
b) section 26 of Evidence Act
c) section 27 of Evidence Act
d) section 28 of Evidence Act

Answer: b

4. A confession made while in police custody is admissible under section 26 of Evidence Act
a) if made in the presence of a doctor
b) if made in the presence of a captain of a vessel
c) if made in the presence of a Magistrate
d) all the above

Answer: c

5. A section 27 control
a) section 24 of Evidence Act
b) section 25 of Evidence Act
c) section 26 of Evidence Act
d) all the above.

Answer: d

6. Section 27 applies to
a) discovery of some fact which the police had not previously learnt from other sources and was first derived from the information given by the accused
b)discovery of some fact which the police had previously learnt from other sources
c) discovery of some fact which the police had previously learnt from other sources and the accused has also given information regarding the same
d) all the above

Answer: a

7. Under section 27 of Evidence Act, ‘discovery of fact’ includes
a) the object found
b) the place from where it is produced
c) both (a) & (b)
d) neither (a) nor (b).

Answer: c

8. Section 27 of Evidence Act applies
a) when the person giving information is an accused but not in police custody
b) when the person giving information is an accused and is in police custody
c) when the person is in police custody but not an accused
d) when the person is neither in police custody nor an accused

Answer: b

9. Under section 27 of Evidence Act
a) the whole statement is admissible
b) only that portion which distinctly relates to the discovery is admissible
c) both are admissible depending on the facts & circumstances of the case
d) only (a) & not (b).

Answer: b

10. Facts discovered in consequences of a joint information
a) are not admissible and can not be used against any of the accused person
b) are admissible and can be used against any one of the accused person
c) are admissible and can be used against all the accused persons
d) both (a) & (c) are correct

Answer: a